Boekenhoutskloof Winery South Africa
Boekenhoutskloof winery visits are thursdays at 11am and by reservation only.
Boekenhoutskloof winery south africa. The fertile franschhoek wine valley is home to some of south africa s noble cultivars and classic styles. Located in the furthest corner of the beautiful franschhoek valley the farm s name means ravine of the boekenhout pronounced book n howed. About boekenhoutskloof wine estate.
27 21 876 3320. Today the mountains are still alive with indigenous animals including the majestic leopard. Find us boekenhoutskloof winery excelsior road franschhoek 7690 27 21 876 3320 info at boekenhoutskloof co za get directions purchase our wines online international importers click here for our importers sign up to our newsletter.
Boekenhoutskloof was established in 1776. 27 21 876 3793. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of english in south africa.
Wines as a producer boekenhoutskloof is a syrah specialist with its premium boekenhoutskloof range selling out on release each vintage and the chocolate block a syrah based blend is probably the most successful new wine offering to come out of south africa in the modern era. One of the oldest farms in the foothills of franschhoek is boekenhoutskloof founded in 1776 and means ravine of the boekenhout. These range from superb whites such as sauvignon blanc chardonnay semillon and chenin blanc to the full bodied reds of cabernet sauvignon shiraz pinot noir and merlot.
Boekenhout is an indigenous cape beech tree and the figurehead of this farm is a lady who carries the dove of peace and hope and represents excellent quality which is prized by the winemaker marc kent and the winery. The tour was interesting and highly informative. Marc is as committed to the continued development and growth of boekenhoutskloof as he is to the greater south african wine industry.
A visit to boekenhoutskloof must be one of those bucket list items the vineyard may be one of the oldest in the country which adds to the culture ambiance and overall experience buts its state of the art winery and research and development programme make this a farm which simply cannot be passed by. Wines drawn from legend when the farm was founded the franschhoek valley was far wilder than it is today as the wolf trap we once discovered goes to show. Boekenhoutskloof winery boekenhoutskloof is the magical.